RBD RAM, in collaboration with Supply Chain and BPU conducted a joint analysis to quantify the impacts of the World Food Programme’s funding shortfalls in the Western Africa region in 2021 and 2022, and to estimate the potential impacts on food insecure populations and WFP future operations.
The main methodology aligns with that of the Cost of Inaction
on WFP Food Assistance in Eastern Africa (2021 & 2022),
with additional analyses conducted to try understand what % of
assistance cost goes directly to beneficiaries.
This analysis was conducted based on available data collected from
different WFP corporate databases as of 27 July 2023. One of the
limitations faced was that data from different sources covering
different periods were compiled, leading to possible discrepancies.
The different data sources used are as follows: